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Game Preview: TOR @ OAK, 4:05pm, Wednesday, July 4, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Toronto Blue Jays, 40-43, 3rd, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Dustin McGowan (25, RHP, 4-4, 5.15)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-4)             64.2  63  37  37  26  53  4    5.15      
 2006 (1-2)             27.1  35  27  22  25  22  2    7.24      
 2005 (1-3)             45.1  49  34  32  17  34  7    6.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  43.1  39  20  20  14  35  2    4.15   54 
 2007-06-29    SEA   L   5     8   5   5   3   4  0     101   32 
 2007-06-24    COL   W   9     1   0   0   1   7  0     109   91 
 2007-06-19    LAD   L   1.2   8   6   6   2   2  0      65   15 
 2007-06-13    SFG   W   6     7   2   2   4   6  0      96   52 
 2007-06-08    LAD  ND   7     4   2   2   0   4  1      81   65 
 2007-06-02    CHW   W   7     6   3   3   3   5  0     103   55 
 2007-05-28    NYY   W   7.2   5   2   2   1   7  1     117   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      0-1   4.1   5   5   5   4   4  0   10.38   33 
 2006-07-29    OAK   L   4.1   5   5   5   4   4  0      78   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-18   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  25-34   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest:  3-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  3  @OAK  L   1-3       40-43  3rd 11.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2  @OAK  W  11-7       40-42  2nd 10.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  1  @SEA  L   1-2       39-42  2nd 10.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 30  @SEA  L   3-8       39-41  2nd 10.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 29  @SEA  L   3-5       39-40  2nd 10.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 28  @MIN  L   5-8       39-39  2nd  9.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 27  @MIN  W   5-4       39-38  2nd  9.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 26  @MIN  L   1-2 (12)  38-38  2nd 10.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 25  @MIN  W   8-5       38-37  2nd 10.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 24   COL  W   5-0       37-37  2nd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Oakland Athletics, 43-40, 3rd, 8 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Joe Kennedy (28, LHP, 2-6, 3.91)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-6)             89.2  93  41  39  39  38  8    3.91      
 2006 (4-1)             35    34  10   9  13  29  1    2.31      
 2005 (8-13)           152.2 192 114 102  64  97 20    6.01      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  39.2  49  25  24  21  17  3    5.45   42 
 2007-06-29    NYY   L   6     7   2   2   3   5  0     110   52 
 2007-06-24    NYM   L   4     8   5   5   1   2  0      80   27 
 2007-06-17    STL  ND   5     7   4   3   4   1  1      91   36 
 2007-06-12    HOU  ND   5     6   4   4   2   2  1      88   39 
 2007-06-06    BOS   W   7     7   2   2   2   6  0     100   59 
 2007-06-01    MIN  ND   8     6   1   1   4   1  0     110   63 
 2007-05-26    BAL   L   4.2   8   7   7   5   0  1      94   15 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      3-1  31.2  26  16  12  11  23  4    3.41   54 
 2003-08-06    TOR   L   5.2   7   5   4   3   7  2     104   41 
 2003-05-13    TOR   W   6     7   3   3   3   5  0      99   48 
 2003-04-22    TOR   W   8     5   3   3   2   5  0     102   63 
 2002-09-21    TOR  ND   5     4   3   0   1   3  1      94   55 
 2002-09-15    TOR   W   7     3   2   2   2   3  1     103   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-19   Road:   21-21   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  27-29   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast: 15-10   vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest:  8-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  3   TOR  W   3-1       43-40  3rd  8.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2   TOR  L   7-11      42-40  3rd  9.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  1  @NYY  W  11-5       42-39  3rd  8.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 30  @NYY  W   7-0       41-39  3rd  8.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 29  @NYY  L   1-2       40-39  3rd  9.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 28  @CLE  L   3-4       40-38  3rd  8.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 27  @CLE  W  13-7       40-37  3rd  8.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 26  @CLE  L   5-8       39-37  3rd  9.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 25  @CLE  L   2-5       39-36  3rd  9.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 24  @NYM  L   2-10      39-35  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 OAK  3  TOR  1    W:Joe Blanton (8-4), L: Jesse Litsch (1-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 TOR 11 @OAK  7    W:Josh Towers (4-5), L: Lenny DiNardo (3-5), S: none

Wed, Aug 23, 2006 OAK  6 @TOR  0    W:Esteban Loaiza (7-7), L: Gustavo Chacin (6-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 22, 2006 TOR  4  OAK  3    W:A.J. Burnett (6-5), L: Brad Halsey (3-4), S: B.J. Ryan (28)
Mon, Aug 21, 2006 OAK 12 @TOR 10    W:Danny Haren (12-9), L: Brandon League (0-1), S: Justin Duchscherer (4)
Sun, Jul 30, 2006 OAK  6  TOR  5    W:Huston Street (4-3), L: B.J. Ryan (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 29, 2006 OAK  7  TOR  4    W:Barry Zito (11-7), L: Dustin McGowan (1-1), S: Huston Street (22)
Fri, Jul 28, 2006 TOR  4 @OAK  3    W:Scott Downs (5-1), L: Esteban Loaiza (4-7), S: B.J. Ryan (25)
Thu, Jul 27, 2006 OAK  5  TOR  2    W:Joe Blanton (11-8), L: Ted Lilly (9-9), S: Huston Street (21)
Thu, May 11, 2006 TOR  8  OAK  3    W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Kirk Saarloos (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 1-1; 2006 - OAK won 6-4; 2005 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - OAK leads 179-148

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET  5.88

CHC  4.62

WSN  3.66

RA/G

SDP  3.39

CHW  4.61

TBD  5.98

BA

I. Suzuki  .369

J. Hardy  .283

D. Navarro  .179

OBP

B. Bonds  .517

A. Ramirez  .358

D. Navarro  .240

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .669

K. Johnson  .455

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.131

K. Millar  .817

D. Navarro  .499

ERA

B. Penny  2.00

C. James  4.08

K. Wells  6.06

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

M. Belisle  6.13

A. Cook  2.72

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Kennedy*
G/S/vB
61.Braden*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
40.Harden
G/S/vB
46.Lewis
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Clark* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/37 .290/.395/.355/.750 .000/.772 .703 26/.664 1/0 0/0
11.Clayton G/S/vP 10/1.056 ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 174/123 .231/.281/.327/.608 .613/.605 .656 38/.428 2/0 1/6
25.Glaus G/S/vP 15/.553 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 6/.583 8/.661 1/.000 247/186 .278/.385/.502/.887 1.112/.813 .803 101/.902 0/1 11/4
2.Hill G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 336/250 .269/.328/.439/.767 .960/.700 .637 102/.625 3/1 9/7
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 253/186 .231/.275/.385/.660 .505/.711 .541 97/.557 1/2 8/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 10/.100 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 153/107 .290/.309/.372/.681 .874/.600 .652 56/.703 3/2 1/3
47.Phillips G/S/vP 3/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 151/101 .212/.275/.277/.552 .517/.571 .643 36/.227 0/1 1/3
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 8/.500 2/1.000 ··· 370/277 .292/.343/.515/.858 .980/.818 .855 120/.805 9/1 17/4
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 200/170 .293/.360/.536/.896 .752/.920 .848 88/.842 1/1 12/4
59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 32/10 .323/.344/.355/.699 .697/.700 .829 32/.699 0/0 0/0
35.Thomas G/S/vP 8/1.089 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 9/1.431 ··· 321/245 .247/.377/.445/.822 1.004/.766 .846 90/1.022 0/0 14/
10.Wells G/S/vP 32/.509 ··· 16/.813 ··· 16/1.152 9/1.111 ··· 347/263 .252/.308/.429/.737 .835/.707 .785 114/.737 5/3 11/1
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 9/1.194 ··· 10/.775 ··· ··· 132/98 .223/.311/.384/.695 .604/.726 .578 64/.778 0/0 3/2
IP 89.2 23.2 37.0 17.2 23.0 22.2 27.1 TOTAL .257/.326/.425/.751 .825/.726 .738 27/12 98/57
ERA-K/9 3.91/3.8 6.08/6.8 4.14/6.8 0.51/10.2 1.17/10.2 9.13/4.0 5.60/3.3 3.58/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Phillips (43-4-2)
 Thigpen (0-0-0)
 Zaun (24-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 388/.277 102/.274 157/.271 67/.161 85/.169 106/.347 125/.287 .245  Lind
 Rios
 Stairs
 Wells
67/0/0/5
0/9/79/4
19/0/12/2
0/80/0/1
OPS .751 .850 .672 .418 .520 .958 .810 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.386 28/.560 52/.750 25/.376 46/.755 30/1.446 51/.617 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 314/.834 74/.959 105/.635 42/.439 39/.240 76/.771 74/.945 .691
Home 197/.728 64/.927 74/.541 22/.282 46/.733 45/.856 78/.663 .656
Last 28d days 123/.852 17/.941 46/.716 59/.441 14/.143 70/.856 24/1.150
HR/SB/CS 8/7/4 5/1/1 2/2/1 0/3/0 2/1/1 5/1/0 3/1/0 64/61/16
Usage ····X··· ··X·X·X· ··X····X ··X···XX ···X···· ·X····X· ·o······
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
57.De Jong
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· 5/1.600 4/1.167 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 341/215 .248/.314/.444/.758 .709/.787 .851 104/.799 4/2 12/6
7.Crosby G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 312/217 .232/.279/.345/.624 .725/.579 .653 98/.548 7/2 6/10
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 199/126 .280/.402/.610/1.012 1.014/1.009 1.139 94/1.037 0/2 15/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 314/221 .273/.345/.421/.766 .855/.732 .838 110/.805 6/2 8/4
29.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 263/158 .269/.376/.475/.851 .851/.851 .702 101/.799 0/0 10/3
18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 11/.920 3/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 285/199 .226/.265/.283/.548 .450/.591 .456 88/.796 3/1 2/4
60.Komine G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 5/.833 2/.000 ··· ··· 124/92 .241/.282/.328/.610 .326/.706 .553 104/.679 0/1 1/1
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.833 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 128/90 .246/.299/.381/.680 .751/.651 .658 37/.866 1/0 4/3
24.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 310/212 .307/.372/.414/.786 .776/.792 .704 73/1.081 8/0 7/3
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 22/17 .350/.409/.700/1.109 .650/1.225 1.064 22/1.109 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 4/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 338/232 .267/.398/.443/.841 .957/.790 .752 112/.634 2/1 10/0
IP 64.2 33.2 7.1 32.1 35.1 43.2 36.0 8.2 TOTAL .260/.338/.408/.746 .775/.733 .721 34/13 88/46
ERA-K/9 5.15/7.4 2.67/9.6 6.14/7.4 2.51/10.3 4.58/8.7 2.47/4.3 3.00/8.0 3.12/4.1 4.34/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (54-13-6)
 Suzuki (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.255 141/.213 33/.250 137/.202 150/.206 176/.248 152/.198 34/.200 .252  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Swisher
 Cust
 Scutaro
 Kendall
0/29/0/3
67/5/0/2
0/24/31/1
6/0/5/0
6/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .681 .574 .721 .631 .636 .649 .551 .598 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.755 67/.408 21/.855 69/.518 67/.725 59/.535 52/.612 13/1.077 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/.602 74/.720 12/.444 68/.744 83/.568 117/.706 100/.518 21/.249 .711
Road 150/.737 75/.616 18/.675 59/.733 77/.683 87/.548 83/.559 14/.476 .734
Last 28d days 122/.650 43/.891 33/.721 46/.589 52/.765 61/.803 62/.650 19/.408
HR/SB/CS 4/12/0 2/4/1 0/3/0 3/0/1 3/3/1 2/1/0 0/3/1 1/0/0 90/78/10
Usage ····X··· ··X···o· ·····X·· ·Xo···oo ·o·X·X·X ·XX·o··o ·X·X··oX X···X·o·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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